Adventures With Coleman

I am 39 weeks pregnant tomorrow which means Baby Natalie will be here before we know it! The past month or so since Callie has started school, I have been trying to think intentionally for my time with Coleman. I have felt the reality that the middle child often does not have a long season of Mom's undivided attention. I really have been cherishing my mornings with him. I came up with a few special things that I wanted to do with Coleman before his little sister arrives. The first big thing we did was visit the dinosaur exhibit at Atlantic Station. He had a blast. The dinosaurs were "animatronic" which means they moved and growled. He especially liked the ones that you could push a button and make it growl, move it's head, move it's tail, etc.

After the dinosaurs, I decided it was time to start doing "letter of the day" with Coleman. I did that with Callie in Minnesota. We would talk about a certain letter and plan an activity that went along with it. For the letter A we did "A is for Airplane" We went to the peachtree/dekalb airport. This place is awesome. We saw lots of small planes take off and land. They also have a nice playground you can play on while you watch the planes. Coleman loved it!



The next week we did "B is for Bird" We went to the zoo and visited the bird exhibit. We enjoyed feeding the birds with a seed stick.
Finally, this past Monday we went to the farm. I am glad that I waited until this week to do it because it was gorgeous and it actually felt like fall. We couldn't have picked a better day. We visited the Kinsey Family Farm in Gainesville. We enjoyed a hayride. We picked out pumpkins for the front porch. We fed the fish and the animals (including a horse, donkey, and some goats.) We are excited about meeting Natalie, but for now I am just cherishing these last days as a family of four